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Like most Americans, I rejoice in the fact that Osama bin Laden has finally been found and justice has been served. Those who supplied the intelligence that led to his location, and those brave Navy SEALs who carried out the mission are to be applauded for their diligence in following the leads and completing the mission.

From Release
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office will provide 100 free firearm safety kits to local residents through a partnership with Project ChildSafe, the nationwide firearms safety education program.
The kits, which include a gun lock, will be distributed at 7 p.m. today at the Relay for Life event at the University of South Carolina Lancaster.
Project ChildSafe, a program developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), has distributed more than 35 million firearm safety kits throughout the country since 2003.

Kershaw Chamber of Commerce
The Kershaw Chamber of Commerce will present Kershaw Spring-A-Thon May 12-14 in downtown Kershaw.
The event kicks off Thursday with a carnival fair by Sunshine Amusements on Cleveland Street.
The fair will feature rides and a variety of carnival food, including corn dogs, cotton candy and snowballs.
The fair begins at 5 p.m. Thursday and ends at 11 p.m. Saturday.
The Miss Spring-A-Thon pageant is Thursday night, too.

From Release
On May 14, Lancaster letter and rural carriers will participate in 19th Annual National Stamp Out Hunger program.
Last year letter carriers collected a record 77.1 million pounds of food from postal customers across the nation. In 19 years, 1,059,800,000 pounds of food have been collected along postal routes.
To help the Lancaster program, leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods, such as canned soups, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to your mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery on May 14.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Deputies are trying to determine what exactly happened in the assault of a mentally ill Lancaster man.
According to a Lancaster County sheriff’s office report, a deputy responded to the Springs Memorial Hospital emergency room on April 25 in regard to an assault.
Once there, the deputy spoke with a 52-year-old Lancaster woman who said her 22-year-old nephew had been assaulted at a Lynwood Drive home April 23.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man was arrested this week for running from the scene after crashing into a deputy’s car.
George Edward Patterson, 53, 2857 Cimmeron Road, was arrested in the early morning hours of May 1 and charged with driving under the influence, driving under suspension and leaving the scene with personal injury.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
KERSHAW – He dressed in red, white and blue, waved the American flag and even sported the long white beard.
Harold Williams was “Uncle Sam” – and it would take a lot of convincing to make some people think otherwise.
The Kershaw resident played the patriotic figure for many years at the Fourth of July parades in Charlesboro and Heath Springs. With his death Monday, locals are now reflecting on his memory and what he meant to those annual Independence Day events.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
You’re invited to come out Saturday for a day of enjoyment that will support Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts throughout the area.
Clayton Homes of Lancaster is hosting the third annual pinewood derby that highlights the L&C (Lancaster and Chester) District of Boy Scouts of America.
The event is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Clayton Homes, 1400 S.C. 9 Bypass in Lancaster.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Ramona Poston quickly moved from row to row Monday night passing out packets of information to a crowd gathered at Springdale Recreation Complex.
In her hands, Poston held more than a month’s worth of research by the Lancaster County Action Council, a grass-roots group formed in opposition to a proposed sanitary landfill off S.C. 903.

The S.C. Department of Transportation has closed Harrisburg Road between Barberville Road and Lancaster Highway in Pineville to through traffic due to an unsafe bridge.
The bridge is located at McAlpine Creek, which crosses Harrisburg Road between McAlpine Circle and Society Lane.